How to give feedback in public speaking workshops.

1. Step 4
Step 3
Step 2
Why workshops are
important
1. Find strategies for improving your own
speech through listening and helping;
2. Gauge audience expectations through
peer interaction;
3. Review class themes by analyzing others’
speeches;
4. Demonstrate the critical listening
competency (see syllabus);
5. Learn how to give feedback without
criticizing; learn how to receive feedback
from peers you think have nothing to offer.
DISCUSS AND REVISE IN CLASS
Give feedback based on these questions:
• What did you identify with and where did
you stop listening or reading?
• As a listener, where did you follow and
where get lost?
• What does the speaker need to add in
order to complete the assignment?
• Listen from your classmates’ perspective.
What would your peers say about this
speech?
TAKE TURNS DELIVERING SPEECHES
• Practice with the slide deck (even if it’s
incomplete). Remember, refer to slides
while speaking.
• Time your speeches; rehearse watching
the time and “clapping off” the time limit.
• Deliver speeches from beginning to end
without stopping to edit or make
corrections.
• Talk the full length of the assigned time.
Improvise through unfinished sections.
TIPS
1. Oral English = public speaking.
Skip the essay stuff like commas,
spelling, and mechanics.
2. Use the assignment and evaluation
sheets as a checklist.
MAKE NOTES & MOVE TO NEXT PEER
Jot down notes about corrections, get
feedback from peers, and move on to the
next person.
How to do a peer workshop
Step 1
REVIEW PEER OUTLINES
___ Cornerstones are present
(A. purpose statements; B. preview;
C. main points; D. summary)
___ Purpose statements meet class
guidelines
___ Organization is clear; adequate
connectives
___ Intro and conclusion have all the
parts
___ Adequate support
___ Meets additional assignment criteria
___ Follows slide guidelines